Chevrolet 5500hd

Owners filed 6 complaints across 7 model years of the Chevrolet 5500hd. The 2019 drew the most (6); the 2023 the fewest (0).

Model years7

Complaints6

Recalls15

Fires1

Deaths0

Every Chevrolet 5500hd model year compared

Complaints per year

Year	Complaints	Recalls	Fires	Crashes	Most reported	Status
2023	0	1	—	—	—	Routine
2022	0	3	—	—	—	Routine
2021	0	2	—	—	—	Routine
2020	0	4	—	—	—	Routine
2019	6	3	1	—	Service Brakes	Routine
2018	0	1	—	—	—	Routine
2017	0	1	—	—	—	Routine

Which Chevrolet 5500hd years should you avoid?

On raw complaint volume the 2019 is the weakest year on record, with 6 complaints concentrated in the service brakes. It carries 3 recalls.

Read these numbers with sales volume in mind. A model year that sold in huge numbers naturally accumulates more reports than a rare one, and older cars have had more years to fail. The stronger signal is the severity columns and whether the same component keeps coming up year after year.

Data: NHTSA complaint and recall files, September 2026. Complaints are unverified owner reports.